Coloring and tanning apparatus.



Non 5| PATENTBD MAY 21, 1907. C. J. GLASEL.

GOLORING AND TANNING APPARATUS. APPLIoATroN FILED sBPT.ze.19o2.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

CHARLES JOHN GLASEL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO T.

LATZLSPERGER, OF SAULT AUX RECOLLETS, CANADA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented may 21', 1907.

Application filed September 26,1902. Serial No; 124.963.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, CHARLES JOHN GLASEL, of Boston, in the county of Sufl'olk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coloring and Tanning Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coloring and tanning apparatus, and the objects of my improvements are to rapidly tan hides and skins, on the most economical scale, with the heaviest gains in time, Weight,

evenness,V and durability, and to cause eight hides to be tanned, to upper leather, in from two to sixteen hours, and heavy hides, to sole leather, belting, within lforty eight hours. Also, by my invention, the bellies and flanks of the hides, are renderedas hard, and firm, as the middle part of the skin, and

the hides, orskins, are evenly stretched while the solution of tanning or. coloring substance, 1s evenly distributed and caused to permeate each, and every part of the hides, or skins.

By my apparatus .the leather is evenlycol-l cred, and the coloring solution kept under control, as may be desired, and driven or distributed as 'may be wished.,V

I 4attain these` objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which;

Figure 1, is a view of the. exterior of my mechanism Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the interior of my apparatus. Similar numerals refer to throughoutthe views.

1 and 2 are standards, of suitable form and constructipn, in the tops of which are journaled, in suitable boxes, the shafts 3; and 4,

of the drum 5. The drum 5, is composed of staves, hooped together forming a cylinder 6,

'and having the cones 7 and 8. Said cones l being held `to the cylinder by the angle irons 9 and 10. .j The shafts 3 and 4 are tubular,

and are firmly clamped in place on the cones 7 and 8. y l 11 is a lid which is adapted to hermetically seal, and shut in the contents of the drum,

On the drum 5, is the cogwheel 12, which engages with the cogwheel 13, and thereby the drum is rotated. The wheel13 is set on the shaft 14, which is journaled in the box 15, of thetstandard 1, and the standard 16.

The shaft 14 is rotated 'by the pulley 17` y which is belted to suitable driving power.

similar parts 18, is a loose pulley, on shaft 14, to which the driving belt 19, may be shifted by the shipper 20, to shut off the power.

`21 is a rotary pump, of suitable form and construction, rotated y by belt 22, by which, power is transmitted from suitable mechanism. 'F rom the pump 21, is the tube 23, which is joined to the tubu lar shaft 4, and through which, is driven the liquid solution used, as indicated by thc ar row in Fig. 1, and the spray in Fig. 2; the solution may .be any well known` solution, as

the solution which I am desirous to use, Iv

prefer to make the subject of another application, it being different from those heretofore.

' ported by the ends of the slats resting in the channels of the metal hoops 27 and 2S. ln the hoop 27, is the spring 29, while on the shaft 3, is the late 30, which is composed of a disk wit sleeve fitting around the shaft 3, said disk having a suitable shoulder to allow'the'pulley 31 to be held in place. The loose friction pulley 31, is rotated around by means of said`\sliaft, as hereinafter dcscribed, which pulley .31, moves over a cam plate 32,'ixed on the outside of the metal hoop 28, by means of a metal spider or any suitable device. 1

33 is a disk, provided with'orifices 34.

" is a rotary spatula on the shaft 3, and

suitable gear, driven rotated by means of the sprocket wheel 36, on

saidshaft, Whlch is operated by the chain gearA 37, from the -sprocket wheel 38, on tue shaft 14.

39 is a screw capped inlet, and 40 an outlet, for the purposeof filling or emptying thel solution.. "ne .A

42 and 43 are pegs, holding thepcage to the inner part of the cylinder, While the slots 45 and 46; allow the lateral motion, hereinafter described'.

- 47l is a ball valve, which allows the gas to escape, 'when the drum is turned upward, and

48 is a gas gage, which is ada ted to indicate the pressure of gas Within t e cylinder, the

struction, whereby the liquid flowing through the tube 50, is heated, as may be deslred.

52 is a sampling box, provided with a cover "253, through which the tube passes, and

wherein the liquid is allowed to penetrate, by means of the orifice 54. i

The hides, or skins, are placed through the lid 11, in the drum 5, and are caught on the points 41, of the slats 25. The solution is then poured in through the inlet- 39, and the drum', rotates by means of the cogwheels 12 and 13.- The cage 24, suspended in the drum 5, has'not only the rotary motion of the ldrum 5, but also a reciprocating movement,

by means of the friction pulley 31, acting on the cam plate 32, in cooperation with the spring v29. The spatula 35 keeps the li uid in. motion, while the li uid is belng-force by the pump through the ilrum. By this means, a constant, continuous flow, of the liquid solution, is driven through the hides, which are kept distended evenly, upon the cage, by means of therotary, and reciprocating motion, and never wedged, or hunched toether, as in the ordinary manner, and the ellies and flanks are thorou hly and evenly tanned. By means of the termometer 49, the liquid solution can be, at any time, measured, as to heat, and force, by the gasometer 48. In the box 52, a hide is placed, and at'any time may be'taken out, and examined, to ascertain the resultof the'solution v used.

When the tanning, or colorin is ascertained, to be finished, then, on t e drum 5,

being stopped, the'hides can be readilyre-` moved, by taking ol" the lid 11.

Having described the construction and o eration of my invention, I desire not to e l confined'to the literal interpretation of the details herein shown, but may adapt such fair equivalents therefor, as will come within the fair scope of my invention, which, having described, I claim The combination with a cylinder and -meansgfor revolving it, of a spring pressed an anti-friction roller connected with one of the standards and acting on the cam disk as the drum rotates, so as t`o cause the cam `and frame to move longitudinally and springs acting on the frame, in ,opposition to the roller.

3. In a tanning and coloring apparatus the combination ofpa rotating drum Ahaving hol loW trunnions,.s'tandards, means forrotating same ,stulling boxes,.circulating pipes withinv the trunnions, conicalheadsto the drum, a perforated partition inl one of the heads, a spatula or beater behind the partition and secured to the circulation pipe. and hide` agitatino means in front of the partition;

4. In aftanning andcoloring apparatus the combination of a rotating drum, means for rotating same, hollow trunnions, stmlng boxes, standards, circulating pipes terminating within the trunnions, av fluid mixer or agitator, a pump, a heater,a testmg box through which't e circulating -pipe passes, and openings in saidpipe within the box.

5'.' In a tanning and coloringapparatus, the combination'of a .rotating.drum, means forA rotating same, automatic agitating means for the hides or skins Within the drum, and circulatin means embracing .the drum, a mixer," ho 10W ltrunnions standards, pipes, a

sampling (researchi n,f g;)' box va heater and' aA pump.

signature, in Spresence of two witnesses.

CHARLES JOHN eraser..r

Witnesses:

H. DUNIIAM, e v EDNA E. JEFFERY. l 

